File 0001-getroot-Skip-mount-points-in-grub_find_device.patch of Package grub2
From ff3165a3e519892ec4bf9a31f4f1132668f83394 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:15:22 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] getroot: Skip mount points in grub_find_device
The grub_find_device function scans a starting directory, typically
/dev, for device files with matching major and minor numbers. During
this process, it recursively descends into subdirectories.
However, this can significantly slow down the scan if a subdirectory is
a mount point not related to devtmpfs, especially if it contains a large
number of files.
This patch modifies grub_find_device() to skip subdirectories that are
mount points. A mount point is detected by comparing the st_dev of the
subdirectory against that of the parent or starting directory. While
this method does not catch all types of mounts, for eg bind mounts, it
is a practical solution that avoids the need to parse /proc/self/mounts.
Signed-off-by: Michael Chang <mchang@suse.com>
---
grub-core/osdep/unix/getroot.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/unix/getroot.c b/grub-core/osdep/unix/getroot.c
index dce94b52e..9759cc59b 100644
--- a/grub-core/osdep/unix/getroot.c
+++ b/grub-core/osdep/unix/getroot.c
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ grub_find_device (const char *dir, dev_t dev)
DIR *dp;
struct saved_cwd saved_cwd;
struct dirent *ent;
+ struct stat st_dir;
if (! dir)
dir = "/dev";
@@ -361,6 +362,12 @@ grub_find_device (const char *dir, dev_t dev)
if (! dp)
return 0;
+ if (stat (dir, &st_dir) < 0)
+ {
+ closedir (dp);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
if (save_cwd (&saved_cwd) < 0)
{
grub_util_error ("%s", _("cannot save the original directory"));
@@ -410,6 +417,13 @@ grub_find_device (const char *dir, dev_t dev)
/* Find it recursively. */
char *res;
+ /* Skip mount point */
+ if (st.st_dev != st_dir.st_dev)
+ {
+ grub_util_info ("skip mount point %s/%s", dir, ent->d_name);
+ continue;
+ }
+
res = grub_find_device (ent->d_name, dev);
if (res)
--
2.50.0